VIU CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGB 



How the Honey is Stored . . . • .26 



Suppress the Production of Drones — Royal Cells . . 29 



Condition of a Colony Wearing the Swarming Point . 30 



Securing the Swarm , . .... 3' 



Hatching of the Young Queens . . -3^ 



V. VARIETIES OF BEES: THEIR CHARACTER AND 



DISPOSITION 34 



The Black or Native Bees . . . . '34 



To Perpetuate their Working Qualities ... 35 



Ligurian, or Italian Alp Bees ... • 3^ 



Camiolans ..... '37 



Good Temper . . . . . • -3^ 



Cyprians . . . . • • 39 



Syrians ...... . . 40 



Palestines . . .... 41 



VI. HOW TO OBTAIN GOOD WORKING STOCK . 42 



Secret of Successful Honey Production . . .42 



To Obtain Good Stock ...... 43 



Queens cannot be too Prolific . . . . -44 



The Equivalent of Swarming — Most Suitable Bees . . 4S 



VII. PLANTING FOR BEES— Ai-ea required for 100 Colonies . 47 



Plants should be Grown that are Useful for Hay . . 48 



For a Succession — Late Forage Undesirable — Cultivation . 49 



Great Advantage to be Gained from Continuous Bloom . 51 



Systematic Planting makes Profits certain . . ■ 5 ' 



VIII. THE AGRICULTURIST AND FRUIT GROWER . 53 



IX. ENEMIES AND DISEASES OF BEES— Foul Brood . 55 



Chilled Brood and Simple Dead Brood . . .5^ 



Cheshire Cure for Foul Brood . . . . .5^ 



My Own Experience — Caution . . . . -57 



Change of Queens as an Aid in Subduing the Disease . . 5^ 



Dysentery . . . . . . -59 



X. MODERN HIVES; HOW CONSTRUCTED AND 



FURNISHED ...... 60 



Economic Hive . . . ... 61 



The Cover ... .... 62 



Union, or Universal Hive . . . . 64 



The Body ....... 65 



The Large Frames — Shallow Extracting Supers . . 66 



